Chapter 1044 - 63: Wild Boars Again

"Quick, quick, quick, move faster!"

Hua Yun organized her things, urging Chen Wen somewhat anxiously.

Chen Wen, helplessly: "Don’t rush, based on the call of the golden eagle just now, I estimate there’s still a long distance before we can see them."

Hearing this, Hua Yun calmed down.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "But according to the description from the golden eagle, I feel those animals are very likely Siberian Roe Deer!"

Chen Wen nodded indifferently, while lifting the sled: "Yes, yes, you’re right."

As Hua Yun spoke, she continued analyzing the reason, "Siberian Roe Deer can be said to be the most widely distributed medium-sized animal on this land. They move in groups, and most importantly, during the last hunt, I actually discovered traces of Siberian Roe Deer, but at that time, there was a grizzly bear, and I didn’t dare to hunt such medium to large game."

Chen Wen nodded casually again and urged Hua Yun to move forward.

Chen Wen also knew about the Siberian Roe Deer; this creature is essentially a subspecies of the roe deer, essentially a type of ’dumb’ roe deer.

Indeed, as Hua Yun mentioned, their distribution is quite extensive.

From the Northeast, North China, and Central Plains of Hua Country, to Russia, Mongolia, Korea, and even further west into Central Asia, you can find their traces.

Moreover, they are abundant in numbers, classified under the ’least concern’ conservation status.

From a hunting perspective, the Siberian Roe Deer is indeed a very good target.

But unfortunately, this time they encountered wild boars.

Furthermore, according to the golden eagle’s description, the wild boars they encountered should be the Siberian wild boars Chen Wen had thought of before, the smaller subspecies.

Siberian wild boars move in groups, only non-mating males would leave the group to live alone, similar to other wild boars.

This group of wild boars the golden eagle discovered was a group of Siberian wild boars foraging.

According to the golden eagle, the number of wild boars wasn’t too many or too few, about a dozen or so.

Some were big, some were small.

Regarding this group of wild boars, Chen Wen felt he could collect some toll fees.

However, how much toll they could collect depends on Hua Yun’s skills.

He would surely be able to kill one with a spear, but how many Hua Yun could take down was uncertain.

The Siberian wild boars are small in size, and the females aren’t as aggressive as the males.

Most importantly, these wild boars are rather intelligent creatures.

Ninety percent of the time, they would turn tail and run upon spotting humans, making it extremely difficult to kill them.

It requires a certain hunting plan.

With this in mind, Chen Wen and Hua Yun continued advancing through the forest.

After walking for about an hour, it was then that Chen Wen noticed some traces of Siberian wild boars in the forest.

...

An hour was enough to wear out many things.

At this point, the morale Hua Yun initially had was significantly diminished. She sighed tiredly, asking, "How far are those prey? Speaking of which, I didn’t notice earlier, the golden eagle’s flying speed is truly fast!"

Upon hearing Hua Yun’s words, the golden eagle glanced at her.

It now understood some simple Chinese words, and it could recognize the term ’golden eagle’.

This was referring to it or its kind.

Hearing this, Chen Wen nodded, "When I was in Qiangtang, I noticed its flying speed was incredibly fast."

The golden eagle’s inherent speed was fast enough, and with enhancements, its current speed was likely even faster than a peregrine falcon!

Hearing Chen Wen’s words, the golden eagle proudly spread its wings and vigorously flapped them a few times.

Hua Yun squinted her eyes, feeling a bit cold.

From the wind force generated by the flapping alone, the golden eagle was indeed impressive!

"But as fast as it is, we’re just..."

Hua Yun, feeling somewhat tired, said, "I feel even if we encounter prey later, we should rest a bit before taking action."

Chen Wen nodded slightly, "That’s indeed the case, but I do have some findings right now."

Saying this, Chen Wen put down the sled.

He walked to the root of a big tree. The ground here wasn’t smooth, as if something had just moved across it.

"This is..."

Hua Yun came over, and her hunter’s instincts told her this place was definitely unusual!

This was definitely some kind of animal’s trace!

She frowned, quickly recalling a name: "Wild boar!"

"Bingo!"

Chen Wen snapped his fingers, "You’re right, it’s wild boar. Seems like the golden eagle didn’t find Siberian Roe Deer, but Siberian wild boars!"

Hearing this, Hua Yun felt a bit embarrassed about her misjudgment, but she still asked, "Are you so sure it’s Siberian wild boars? Could it possibly be Eurasian wild boars? Or Ussuri wild boars?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen pointed to the footprints on the ground and said, "The footprints of Ussuri wild boars are larger; they have bigger bodies and heavier weights, which tend to leave deeper prints. These footprints are clearly much smaller; the same goes for Eurasian wild boars."

Listening to Chen Wen’s analysis, Hua Yun nodded convincingly.

That’s the case.

She asked, "Since we’ve identified the prey, what are your plans?"

Upon hearing Hua Yun’s question, Chen Wen immediately shared the plan he’d already prepared.

He chuckled and said, "I plan to rest for a bit and hunt in the afternoon!"

Afternoon?

Hua Yun couldn’t help but say, "Isn’t that too late?"

Chen Wen shook his head, "Not too late. Siberian wild boars generally don’t migrate; their territory is around here. Although their activity spans the whole day, they primarily are active during dawn and dusk, so they won’t move long distances from now until the afternoon."

"I just checked; the wild boars’ droppings here are very fresh, indicating they are nearby. We don’t need to rush."

This made Hua Yun nod repeatedly.

After Chen Wen’s reminder, she also noticed quite a few things.

At this moment, Hua Yun felt a bit emotional, "Your analysis is spot-on. Just now, because of the hurry, I felt somewhat impatient and lost the composure of a hunter. But now, you’re indeed much stronger than before. Remember the first time we went to the Yukon? Back then, you didn’t even know how to gather information from the prey’s droppings. You’re completely different now!"

Chen Wen also felt a bit emotional hearing this.

Indeed, the system plays a critical role in his survival.

But he himself is not someone who solely relies on the system; through the continuous survival challenges, he has been learning and growing.

For instance, previous specialized training, learning rock climbing, borrowing survival materials from the association’s database, reading stacks of information before each survival challenge...

Through relentless training and learning, he is no longer the beginner survivor he once was.

Even without the system, he’s now a top-tier survivor standing at the pinnacle of survival!

Chen Wen smiled and said, "The more you go through, the more you learn, though the process might come with pain."

Hua Yun nodded understandingly upon hearing this.

For survivors like them, maintaining peak physical and mental condition requires enduring a lot of pain.

They can’t eat freely, can’t stop exercising, and can’t even relax too much while resting.

"Enough of the sentimentality!"

Chen Wen laughed and ended the topic, "Let’s set up camp, give the little squirrel some lunch, and discuss how we’re going to hunt this group of wild boars next!"